Peter R. Martin, Bennett A. Weinberg, Bonnie K. Bealer

Healing Addiction

An Integrated Pharmacopsychosocial Approach to Treatment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this groundbreaking book, the authors, including a nationally recognized addiction researcher, advocate the benefit of using psychopharmacological medications alongside more traditional treatment approaches. In addition, Healing Addiction reconciles the mismatch between scientific knowledge and treatment and bridges the gap between researchers and the self-help community.

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An integrative guide tounderstanding and treating addiction

Spurred on by such advances as recent brain imaging studies, better knowledge of co-occurring disorders, and grassroots treatment approaches, Healing Addiction lays out a contemporary, unified understanding of addiction that encompasses both addictive substances and addictive behaviors. Written by three leaders in the field of addiction research and treatment, it presents an integrated model of addiction as a mental illness involving physiological changes in the brain, and addiction treatment as requiring both medical and psychosocial components.

Healing Addiction begins by discussing addiction as a whole. Early chapters detail the many faces of addiction, its historical development, its classification as a chronic disease, and the biopsychosocial factors that put people at risk for addiction. Moving to treatment, the book introduces the myriad people who can act as resources for the addict-medical doctors, mental health professionals, social workers, clergy, family, and friends-while covering initial diagnosis and treatment.

Healing Addiction covers specific addictions and their recommended treatments, including:
_ Alcohol
_ Heroin and other opiates
_ Barbiturates, benozodiazepines, and other hypnotics and tranquillizers
_ Cocaine and amphetamines
_ Marijuana and tobacco
_ Behavioral addictions
_ Pathological gambling
_ Eating disorders

In its final section, Healing Addiction describes the recovery process, including both the criteria for treatment success and the challenges associated with life after addiction.

Filled with helpful resources and illuminating case studies, Healing Addiction is a breakthrough guide that brings together the latest neuroscience, pharmacology, social understanding, and psychological research. It is a key resource for professionals in the addiction community, for social scholars and policymakers, and for the interested general reader.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 162mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 465g
• ISBN-13: 9780471656302
• ISBN-10: 0471656305
• Artikelnr.: 20894084

Autorenporträt

Peter R. Martin, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Director of the Division of Addiction Medicineat Vanderbilt. Bennett Alan Weinberg, Esq, is a medical and science writer, pharmaceutical educator, and attorney. He is the author, with Bonnie Bealer, of The Caffeine Advantage. Bonnie K. Bealer is a researcher, writer, and editor.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Preface by Peter R. Martin, M.D. Preface by Bennett Alan
Weinberg, Esq., and Bonnie K. Bealer. Acknowledgments. Part I Out of
Control: The Biopsychosocial Model of the Causes of Addiction. 1 The Many
Faces of Addiction. 2 The Historical Development of Drug Addiction. 3
Addiction as a Disease. 4 Biopsychosocial Factors in Addiction. Part II The
Integrated Approach: Pharmacopsychosocial Treatment of Addiction as a Bona
Fide Mental Illness. 5 The Players: Psychiatrists and Other Physicians,
Therapists, Social Workers, Clergy, Family and Friends, and Support Groups.
6 Identification and Diagnosis: Why Is It Difficult to Recognize Addiction?
7 Initiating Treatment. 8 Treatment Programs. Part III Gaining
Understanding: Treating Drug Addictions. 9 Alcohol. 10 Heroin and Other
Morphine-Related Drugs. 11 CNS Depressants: Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines,
and Other Hypnotics and Tranquilizers. 12 Stimulants: Cocaine and
Amphetamines. 13 Marijuana and Tobacco. Part IV Gaining Understanding:
Treating Behavioral Addictions. 14 What Are Behavioral Addictions? 15
Pathological Gambling. 16 Food. Part V Recovery as an Ongoing Process:
Control Is Never Complete. 17 Criteria for Treatment Success. 18 Entering a
New Life. 19 Managing Long-Term Treatment. Appendix A Glossary of Terms.
Appendix B Helpful Web Sites. Appendix C Epidemiological Tables. Appendix D
Pharmacological Treatment of Withdrawal Syndromes from Substances of Abuse.
Appendix E Pharmacological Maintenance Strategies for Substance Dependence
after Detoxification Is Completed. Bibliography. Index. About the Authors.